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About this book

Help little ones learn the alphabet with this fun wipe-clean book. There are letters and words to trace and copy on every page, accompanied by matching illustrations. Durable, wipe-clean pages mean children can practise again and again and there are links to websites with advice on helping children learn to read and write.

Felicity Brooks

Felicity Brooks is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She studied English and Drama at Exeter University and worked as an actor, teacher and lexicographer before starting work in children’s publishing in the late 1980s. She has written and edited hundreds of children’s titles, including stories and novelty books for pre-schoolers and books about history, geography, languages, science, maths, nature and the arts. Her books have won the TES Senior Information Book Award, the Aventis Science Books Prize, the SLA Information Book Award, the Sheffield Baby Books Award and Practical Pre-school Gold and Silver Awards.

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